Satire, sarcasm, and survival for the healthcare trenches.

Welcome to the Salty Side.

Because if we don’t laugh, we’ll cry.

Hello Salty Fam!

Salty NP is a satire and humor space created for nurse practitioners, and anyone who’s ever survived a shift they’ll never forget.

Here, we share fictionalized and exaggerated stories based on the common chaos of healthcare, in the spirit of laughter and community connection.

Recent Blog Post

Would you like some salt with that?

Covid is Fake: Represents patients in the urgent care that refuse covid testing because covid is fake. Satire only. Not real patients.

Dear Diary: COVID is Fake? Patients Who Refuse Testing

Salty, NP September 30, 2025

Satire only. These are fictionalized stories for entertainment and community humor. Not medical advice. No…

Neck pain in urgent care, treat neck pain in urgent care, not meningitis neck pain

Dear Diary: Neck Pain in the Urgent Care, Meningitis?

Salty, NP September 24, 2025

DisclaimerThis is a satire website created for entertainment and community purposes only. A sense of…

kid with fever that just started in urgent care. Mom rushing to urgent care with kid that has a fever.

Dear Diary: The Kid with a Fever That Just Started in Urgent Care

Salty, NP September 20, 2025

Dear Diary, Today was one of those days. You know the type — moms rushing through the…

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Reader’s Thoughts

After reading Salty NP, I only cry in my car twice a week instead of daily.

Ben Dover, NP

I showed Salty NP to my boss, and now I get paid in pizza and sarcasm instead of RVUs. Best raise ever.

Dee Nile, NP

Salty NP inspired me to chart ‘BS’ under Review of Systems. I got fired. Worth it.